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Swiss tax practitioners have expressed concern that the nation’s attractive corporate tax code might soon prove detrimental for their country. Switzerland is already on a black list in Italy and tax professionals think it may soon be added to those of other European countries.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Takeover bid $57 million Paladin Labs Inc Alexa Life Sciences Inc Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Acquisition $20 million Barrick Gold Corporation Carpathian Gold Inc Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Acquisition Undisclosed Hewlett-Packard Company Autonomy Corporation plc Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom - Paul Oosterhuis, Matthew Rosen, Hal Hicks Minority investment Undisclosed Boston Celtics Comcast SportsNet New England Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr, Kay Ng Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Senior unsecured revolving credit facilities $500 million Thomas & Betts Corporation Wells Fargo Bank; JP Morgan Chase Bank Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Adam Perry, Sarah Joy Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson; Sidley Austin Initial public offering $71.9 million Carbonite Inc Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; JP Morgan Securities Foley & Lardner Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr, Lauren Murphey

Deloitte has announced the hire of Nigel Roberts, previously tax director at Lloyds Banking Group. He will be tasked with driving the firm’s VAT practice in Scotland and will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax information exchange agreement Bermuda Czech Republic August 15 2011 Tax information exchange agreement Argentina Bermuda August 22 2011

Draft legislation has been issued by the Australian government which proposes changes to the income tax treatment of investment income from foreign managed funds. The changes will make the use of Australian-based fund managers more attractive for foreign-based funds.

Caroline Silberztein is a big name in transfer pricing circles. As head of the OECD’s transfer pricing unit she has helped shape the way the world approaches and applies transfer pricing guidelines for the past 10 years.

Who will come out on top in International Tax Review's Americas Tax Awards this month?

Who will come out on top at International Tax Review’s Americas Tax Awards next month?

Australia’s Inspector-General of Taxation is asking taxpayers to share their thoughts on the authorities’ early and alternative dispute resolution (EDR and ADR).

The sixth and seventh days of the Supreme Court hearing of India hearing into the claim for capital gains tax against Vodafone arising from its purchase in 2007 of a 67% stake in Hutchison Essar saw the company continuing to defend the structure of the transaction and argue that it had no motive to evade Indian tax